Teodor Regedziński

Regedziński Teodor ( Theodor Regedzinski or Theodore Regedzinski ) ( born April 28, 1894 in Łódź, † August 2, 1954 in Łódź) was a Polish chess player. In four Chess Olympiads he won several team and individual medals.

The Chess Player

By 1917 Regedziński played in the chess club of Lodz often with the Polish chess masters Rubinstein, Salwe and Rotlewi. In 1928, he first played for his country at the Chess Olympiad in The Hague, where he with a score of 76.9 %, the third highest of all players individually scored and thus contributed significantly to the Bronze Medal of the Polish team. He played for Poland nor in the Chess Olympiads in Folkestone in 1933, Stockholm in 1937 and Buenos Aires 1939. Overall, he played 46 games for Poland at the Olympics, the balance was 26, -6, = 14 He won a silver in the team competition and two bronze medals, as an individual player is also a silver and two bronze medals.

After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 was Regedzińskis hometown of Lodz, in the area of ​​newly formed military district located poses or later Warta Country, incorporated in the course of the German occupation policy in the German Empire. Regedziński, which yielded to the German People's List, was allowed to participate because of his German roots in German tournaments. He played in 1940 at the Greater German Championship in Bad Oeynhausen. In the championship of the Government-General in 1941 in Krakow, he appeared under the name Reger, because his ancestors were called so.

In 1952 he participated at the 10th Polish Championship in Katowice.

His best historical Elo rating was 2545th This he reached in January 1938.

His life

Regedzińskis father was a blacksmith. The ancestors were German and were called Reger. During World War II he was in 1941 (after the inclusion of Lodz ) convened for German military service and used as an interpreter, as he mastered the languages ​​German, Russian, English and French. In 1945 he returned to Łódź. Here he was arrested because of his collaboration with the fascist occupiers and sentenced to four years in a labor camp.

Regedziński was married. His wife died in 1944. He had a son.

• Chess players
• Chess Players ( Poland)
• Pole
• Born 1894
• Died in 1954
• Man